Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, giving each listed action a separate examination setting.
UTT, ETHAN A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate materials terminology across the portfolio while preparing responses independently for each examiner and unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTT, ETHAN A | 1 | 48.1% | +40.6% |
| FORTUNA, JOSE A | 1 | 79.5% | +9.9% |
| WORRELL, KEVIN | 1 | 12.5% | -3.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17794534 | BIODEGRADABLE NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | WORRELL, KEVIN | 34d |
| 18858169 | FABRIC COMPRISING A NONWOVEN WEB OF FIBERS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF PRODUCTION | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18858169 | FABRIC COMPRISING A NONWOVEN WEB OF FIBERS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF PRODUCTION | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858169 | FABRIC COMPRISING A NONWOVEN WEB OF FIBERS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF PRODUCTION | UTT, ETHAN A | 1783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18284958 | FILTER MATERIAL FOR FOOD PACKAGING | FORTUNA, JOSE A | 1748 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 17794534 | BIODEGRADABLE NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | WORRELL, KEVIN | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialGlatfelter Gernsbach GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Ethan A Utt has the most, with 1 of Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
